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 lank and lean' sort, but of late some of a better breed have vibram five fingers been introduced." There is now evidently a desire amongst the better class of farmers to introduce better breeds of cattle as well as sheep. Short-Horns, Herefords, and Devons of the best sort are now to be found ; and sheep, although not of the best breed, yet of a larger size and more quiet habits, which is something, as a tolerable fence and a mountain Welsh sheep are seldom to be found in the same parish." Then as to the Corn Crops. vibram fivefingers There is for the most part some preparation for the wheat, crop. A piece of foul and weedy ley is ploughed in May or June, and undergoes what is called a fallowing; that is, vibram five fingers sale being ploughed two or three times, and harrowed, but no weeds are picked or carried from the land. In almost every case lime is applied ; and sometimes, with good farmers, a little farm-yard dung. After the wheat-crop is removed, the stubble is ploughed in winter, and again a scratching of a seed-furrow in May for barley. Seeds, that is clover, &c, are sometimes put in wilh the bailey crop, but rarely either in quantity or quality to be of any use. More often oats are taken after the barley, but the land by this time is so much exhausted and rampant with weeds, that you have some difficulty, skechers shape ups in passing, to tell what the crop upon the ground is. five fingers shoes There are instances of fields having been twenty or even thirty years in crop without ever having been seeded for grass." In Gower, as well as other places, much of the best lands are in haymeadows, but these are often late in being cleared in spring, and late harvested hay is always of inferior quality." Green Crops.—Potatoes have been extensively cultivated, and bear a high character in the Swansea market. The late disease has been severe >md destructive, but upon dry sandy soils by the sea the crops have been better than others. vibram five fingers kso The mode of cultivation has nothing peculiar." Turnips and mangolds, until very recently, were scarcely known;now, however, the cultivation of these valuable roots is extending rapidly.The soil and climate seem well adapted to the habits of these plants, andas good turnips and mangolds have been grown in Gower as anywhereelse in the kingdom."The example was first set by the present Lord Lieutenant of the county, who pursues the ' alternate husbandry,' and only takes one crop of corn after grass, then the green crops. Turnips or mangolds, followed by spring wheat or barley, with which last crop the land is again sown down with clover and rye-grass seeds for pasture the following year."Good labourers willing to work are seldom unemployed. The money wages paid at present in the western part of Gower may be from 10s. to lis. per week, but nearer Swansea they are higher; but those in the western parts have, for the most part, a few sheep on the adjoining commons, and, take it all and all, they would be unwilling to exchange places." The women and boys engaged in picking couch, hoeing turnips, and the like, vibram five fingers shoes get lOri. per day. Sometimes the farmers give victuals, and in that case the wages of a man are Is. per day. But in estimating the wages of labour in different districts of the kingdom, cottage-rent and fuel always form an important consideration. Without inquiring into these and other perquisites, no correct comparison can be made. It is believed that, although the cottages are often very inferior upon the whole, the labourers are not over-rated as to rent." The farm-buildings are very far from being what they ought to be, and generally ill-calculated to carry forward an improved system of agriculture ; but I have little doubt that landlords will be, for the most part, ready and willing to grant every encouragement in that respect to deserving tenants."Jtent of Land.—It is rather difficult to form a correct estimate of the rents in this district,